The directory service now seems to be running...
All it took was this:
TRUNCATE TABLE ENTERPRISEVAULTDIRECTORY.DBO.KEYSTORE
That's it!
It looks like there are other issues but this is a breakthrough at least.
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately it's not possible to change the account in the VAC as the upgrade configuration will not run.
This means that when I launch the VAC it asks for the server running the EV Directory and when I give it the right name it fails to connect as the directory service can't run on that machine.
I have already changed the account using services.msc but this makes no difference.
Basically I can't get the directory service running properly as the upgrade configuration is pending and that upgrade won't run because of the problems above.
When I do start the directory service via services.msc it happily shows as running until I either try the upgrade configuration or run the VAC - at which point it dies again.
